Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

When we understand that peace is not dependent on external conditions, we can find it in the midst of any circumstance.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

The key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion.

The goal of Buddhist practice is not to escape from the world but to transform our relationship with it.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Our task is to learn to see clearly what is happening in each moment, rather than be lost in our reactions and judgments.

Mind training is based on the idea that two opposite mental factors cannot happen at the same time.

Faith is the firm foundation, diligence the supporting pillar, and wisdom the roof of the house of practice.

The snow lion stays in the mountains, and the snow lion's ways are the snow lion's ways.

The nature of the mind is like the sky, and our thoughts, emotions, and experiences are like clouds passing through it.

The heart of the path is quite simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are.

Mindfulness is attention to life, and life itself is sacred.

Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

Mindfulness is being aware of what is happening right now, without wishing it were different.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

The goal is not to be better than the other man, but your previous self.

Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer evil with good. Conquer stinginess with giving. Conquer deceit with truth.

Meditation is not about achieving anything. It's about letting go of everything.

Suffering is not the end of the story; it is the middle of the story.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.

The trouble is, you think you have time.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.

When you are you, Zen is Zen. Big mind is just big mind.

The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.